In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
Articles represent the views of their authors and not ME/CFS SA. Always seek advice from a registered health practitioner before changing your care plan.
19 October, 2024
Maeve Boothby O’Neill Died Because Of A Discredited View Of ME. How Was This Allowed To Happen?
Chronic fatigue syndrome is as physiological as a broken leg. For the sake of those who have it, we must learn all we can from this tragic case.
19 October, 2024
Patients With IBS Have A Higher Risk Of These Debilitating Disorders
Patients with IBS are at increased risk of somatic disorders, such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a study by investigators at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Findings from the 3-year study were published in Biomedicines.
18 October, 2024
British Actress Miranda Hart Reveals She Was 'Bedbound for Years' From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Miranda Hart is opening up about her health journey. Speaking to U.K. outlet The Times in an interview published Monday, Oct. 14, the British actress — who recently revealed she got married at 51 — said that she was "bedbound for years" after her undiagnosed Lyme disease progressed into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
18 October, 2024
Post-COVID-19 Musculoskeletal Pain Often Fulfills Fibromyalgia Criteria
In a new study, fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) developed in most people surveyed with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS), new-onset musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, underscoring the syndrome’s potential as a long-term sequalae of viral infections.
18 October, 2024
The Prevalence Of Long Covid - The Misunderstood Condition With Over 200 Symptoms
The condition of Long Covid has been long misunderstood however this Derby academic is leading the UK's research into the topic.
17 October, 2024
Buried Reports Expose The DWP PIP Process As A DISASTER For People With ME/CFS And EDS
A tranche of reports that the UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) buried – including one for nearly two years – has exposed how it has been utterly failing chronically ill claimants. In particular, DWP PIP health assessments are massively stacked against people living with chronic health problems. Not only this, but the DWP’s processes have been actively making claimants’ conditions worse – while regularly denying people disability benefits altogether. Notably, the DWP’s own reports have shown just how sorely not fit for purpose the system is for those with fluctuating health conditions like myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS).
17 October, 2024
The Truth Behind Miranda Hart's Controversial Chronic Fatigue Cure Claims - As The Star Is Accused Of Peddling Pseudoscience
Comic Miranda Hart has this week come under fire for suggesting she had found a cure to her chronic fatigue syndrome. Initially diagnosed with agoraphobia, she later learned that undiagnosed Lyme disease had developed into chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). But in her book, the star suggests the causes and solution to conditions such as long Covid and ME can be found in 'the brain's heightened stress response'. Critics have hit out at the Call The Midwife actor for peddling 'pseudoscience' and holding 'dangerously outdated' views on the conditions.
17 October, 2024
Long-Term Opioids For Fibromyalgia Linked To Depression, Sleep Issues
Patients with fibromyalgia who continue opioid use beyond 90 days are at significantly greater risk of developing depression or a sleep disorder, according to findings from a retrospective cohort analysis.
16 October, 2024
Not Just Miranda Hart: Why Do So Many Celebrities Have Lyme Disease?
As Miranda Hart reveals her Lyme disease diagnosis, UK newspaper The Standard takes a look at the mysterious disease that so many celebrities suffer from.
16 October, 2024
My Son Has ME – Doctors Blamed My Anxiety
As a coroner calls for better treatments and training in chronic fatigue syndrome, a mother tells of her battle for her child's symptoms to be taken seriously.
